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A systematic review of individual and community mitigation measures for prevention and control of chikungunya virus
BACKGROUND: Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus transmitted by mosquitoes from the Aedes genus. The virus, endemic to parts of Asia and Africa, has recently undergone an emergence in other parts of the world where it was previously not found including Indian Ocean Islands, Europe, the Western Paci...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6392276/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30811438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212054 |
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author | Hierlihy, Catherine Waddell, Lisa Young, Ian Greig, Judy Corrin, Tricia Mascarenhas, Mariola |
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description | BACKGROUND: Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus transmitted by mosquitoes from the Aedes genus. The virus, endemic to parts of Asia and Africa, has recently undergone an emergence in other parts of the world where it was previously not found including Indian Ocean Islands, Europe, the Western Pacific and the Americas. There is no vaccine against chikungunya virus, which means that prevention and mitigation rely on personal protective measures and community level interventions including vector control. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A systematic review (SR) was conducted to summarize the literature on individual and community mitigation and control measures and their effectiveness. From a scoping review of the global literature on chikungunya, there were 91 articles that investigated mitigation or control strategies identified at the individual or community level. Of these, 81 were confirmed as relevant and included in this SR. The majority of the research was published since 2010 (76.5%) and was conducted in Asia (39.5%). Cross sectional studies were the most common study design (36.6%). Mitigation measures were placed into six categories: behavioural protective measures, insecticide use, public education, control of blood and blood products, biological vector control and quarantine of infected individuals. The effectiveness of various mitigation measures was rarely evaluated and outcomes were rarely quantitative, making it difficult to summarize results across studies and between mitigation strategies. Meta-analysis of the proportion of individuals engaging in various mitigation measures indicates habitat removal is the most common measure used, which may demonstrate the effectiveness of public education campaigns aimed at reducing standing water. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Further research with appropriate and consistent outcome measurements are required in order to determine which mitigation measures, or combination of mitigation measures, are the most effective at protecting against exposure to chikungunya virus. |
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spelling | pubmed-63922762019-03-08 A systematic review of individual and community mitigation measures for prevention and control of chikungunya virus Hierlihy, Catherine Waddell, Lisa Young, Ian Greig, Judy Corrin, Tricia Mascarenhas, Mariola PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus transmitted by mosquitoes from the Aedes genus. The virus, endemic to parts of Asia and Africa, has recently undergone an emergence in other parts of the world where it was previously not found including Indian Ocean Islands, Europe, the Western Pacific and the Americas. There is no vaccine against chikungunya virus, which means that prevention and mitigation rely on personal protective measures and community level interventions including vector control. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A systematic review (SR) was conducted to summarize the literature on individual and community mitigation and control measures and their effectiveness. From a scoping review of the global literature on chikungunya, there were 91 articles that investigated mitigation or control strategies identified at the individual or community level. Of these, 81 were confirmed as relevant and included in this SR. The majority of the research was published since 2010 (76.5%) and was conducted in Asia (39.5%). Cross sectional studies were the most common study design (36.6%). Mitigation measures were placed into six categories: behavioural protective measures, insecticide use, public education, control of blood and blood products, biological vector control and quarantine of infected individuals. The effectiveness of various mitigation measures was rarely evaluated and outcomes were rarely quantitative, making it difficult to summarize results across studies and between mitigation strategies. Meta-analysis of the proportion of individuals engaging in various mitigation measures indicates habitat removal is the most common measure used, which may demonstrate the effectiveness of public education campaigns aimed at reducing standing water. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Further research with appropriate and consistent outcome measurements are required in order to determine which mitigation measures, or combination of mitigation measures, are the most effective at protecting against exposure to chikungunya virus. Public Library of Science 2019-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6392276/ /pubmed/30811438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212054 Text en © 2019 Hierlihy et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hierlihy, Catherine Waddell, Lisa Young, Ian Greig, Judy Corrin, Tricia Mascarenhas, Mariola A systematic review of individual and community mitigation measures for prevention and control of chikungunya virus |
title | A systematic review of individual and community mitigation measures for prevention and control of chikungunya virus |
title_full | A systematic review of individual and community mitigation measures for prevention and control of chikungunya virus |
title_fullStr | A systematic review of individual and community mitigation measures for prevention and control of chikungunya virus |
title_full_unstemmed | A systematic review of individual and community mitigation measures for prevention and control of chikungunya virus |
title_short | A systematic review of individual and community mitigation measures for prevention and control of chikungunya virus |
title_sort | systematic review of individual and community mitigation measures for prevention and control of chikungunya virus |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6392276/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30811438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212054 |
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